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View synonyms for sluggard

sluggard

[ sluhg-erd ]

noun

  1. a person who is habitually inactive or lazy.


adjective

  1. lazy; sluggardly.

sluggard

/ ˈslʌɡəd /

noun

  1. a person who is habitually indolent
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. lazy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈsluggardness, noun
  • ˈsluggardliness, noun
  • ˈsluggardly, adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sluggard1

First recorded in 1350–1400, sluggard is from the Middle English word slogarde. See slug 1, -ard
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sluggard1

C14 slogarde; related to slug 1
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Example Sentences

Hyperion yelled to the surrounding crowd: “Group A-22! Hurry up, you sluggards!”

Mice that received plasma from the jogging rodents also performed better on memory tests than did those injected with plasma from the sluggards.

For example, government efficiency is but a pipe dream, and government effectiveness can be easily called the primary sluggard in reform.

She spends every moment in his presence lashing him verbally; he absorbs every blow with a sluggard’s indifference.

With television’s new proximity to the more puritanical uses of our devices, the archetype of the beached sluggard on the couch has been smuggled into a portrait of diligence.

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